Ryan Hawkins is an MPP student at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs where he focuses on national security and defense policy and the U.S. alliance with Australia. Prior to Jackson, Ryan served as a policy adviser to Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense for almost three years. Previously, he held positions in Australia’s Office of National Intelligence and Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Ryan holds a bachelor’s degree in international and global studies, with honors, from the University of Sydney, where he received the university medal in international relations and a major in Spanish and Latin American studies.